# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI WSL newline detection fix for Ctrl+J/Enter

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #77283: TUI (--tui): Ctrl+J/Ctrl+Enter newline broken on WSL — WSL_DISTRO_NAME check never matches
- PR #77316: fix(ui-tui): correctly detect WSL for Ctrl+J/Ctrl+Enter newline preservation

These items address a bug where Ctrl+J and Ctrl+Enter newline behavior is broken in the TUI on WSL due to an incorrect WSL detection check. The cluster includes a bug report and related fix attempts targeting the WSL_DISTRO_NAME environment variable check.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #77283: TUI (--tui): Ctrl+J/Ctrl+Enter newline broken on WSL — WSL_DISTRO_NAME check never matches

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77316: fix(ui-tui): correctly detect WSL for Ctrl+J/Ctrl+Enter newline preservation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `520f2956cc3f`, `#77283`, `#77316`, `#77360`, `#374151`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputPassThrough.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx`
- **#77360: fix(tui): preserve Ctrl+J newline on WSL (#77283)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77316`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`